Posted on 01/01/2006 10:35:51 AM PST by Mike Bates
In today's front page story on Bobby Rush, "Pastor Rush stirs hope, skeptics in Englewood," the Chicago Tribune describes the Illinois Democrat as a "former militant Black Panther turned mainstream Democratic congressman." One wonders what the Tribune considers mainstream.
Rush's voting record in Congress, as measured by assorted special interest groups, reflects little in the way of moderation. In their most recent evaluations, for example, the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League awarded him a 100 percent rating. The National Taxpayers Union gave him a puny 11 percent while Americans for Tax Reform ranked him at 10 percent. Getting a 100 percent rating from the American Civil Liberties Union, the AFL-CIO, Americans for Democratic Action, and the National Education Association, Rush received a zero percent rating from the American Conservative Union and the National Rifle Association, and 10 percent rankings from both the American Security Council and Citizens Against Government Waste.
All in all, Bobby Rush can hardly be designated mainstream. Then again, among Democrats and the Chicago Tribune, perhaps his record is considered fairly moderate.
Defense Minister Rush still owes us all an apology for his hate group activities back in the 60s and 70s.
As well as his voting record since the 90s. Funny we don't hear much about mixing politics and religion when we're talkin' about lib ministers.
Wait...aren't all very liberal members of Congress mainstream Democrats? At least the Trib would be truthful in that case.
Just their editorial page is conservative, most of the reporting slants left. But it's the same as with the Wall Street Journal.
As to Bobby Rush, now a days him and his traitorous commie ilk are the 'mainstream' of the RAT party. Dem's like Zell Miller are 'out of the mainstream'. So the Trib would be correct.
Sometimes. But often - like in 1980 when it endorsed John Anderson for president - the Trib's editorial page couldn't be described as conservative.
As Condor51 points out, folks like Zell Miller, even Joe Lieberman, are now out of the 'Rat mainstream.
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